In many cases, he citizens of the United States pool their resources for the good of all, so as to cover the costs of things like snow removal. This is called living in an organized society.
Category: Sustainability
Why We Should Expect Further Rise in Conspiracy Theories
A symptom of the decline in the U.S. educational system is the dramatic rise in the number of conspiracy theorists. What these folks have in common is that, by definition, a small, malicious, and clandestine group that has successfully convinced …
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Tagged with: Conspiracy Theories
Truth in Journalism
From The New York Times: For more than a week, a plain-spoken former federal prosecutor named Sidney Powell made the rounds on right-wing talk radio and cable news, facing little pushback as she laid out a conspiracy theory that Venezuela, …
Tagged with: honor and integrity
The Gutting of Environmental Regulations in Trump’s Last Two Months
If there is any certainty about what will happen in the White House over the next two months, it’s the destruction of any remaining protections for our environment and park lands. Here, we learn that Trump has withdrawn a major …
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Trump Administration Rushes To Sell Oil Rights In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
He’s going, but not without doing as much damage as possible. From National Public Radio: Starting Tuesday, oil and gas companies can pick which parts of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge they’re interested in drilling. It’s the latest push by the …
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Restoration of Core American Values
German-born playwright Bertold Brecht escaped Nazi Germany in 1933; after brief stints in Prague and Paris, he ultimately landed in Copenhagen. At left is the warning he gave the rest of the world when Hitler fell in 1945. The reason …
Tagged with: a cabinet that is put in place to serve the American people (rather than to punish them), American psyche cruelty and brutality, American psyche ignorance and unquestioning acceptance of asinine conspiracy theories, American psyche racist hate, American psyche selfishness and greed, application of science in handling the pandemic, environmental responsibility, quality public education, Respect for Science, rootedg in a stable middle class, the return of rule of law, Trump committed many felonies during his tenure in office, Trump lost a free and fair election, Trumpism will soon be repudiated, United States sanity and decency
Living Life To Its Fullest
Obviously, there is a difference between cancelling and altering plans for the holidays, but that’s not the most objectionable aspect of this meme. Rather, it promotes the idea of violating state and local government guidelines that are put into place …
Tagged with: going through life without an education because they couldn't afford one, it's all about me viewpoint uniquely American, life to its fullest, people are not homeless freezing starving dying of treatable diseases, regulated capitalism, Social Democracy, the United States ranks far below countries in Europe and Scandinavia in the World Happiness Rankings
When the Eyes of Two Environmental Leaders Meet
Chief Arvol Looking Horse met with Greta Thunberg on October 8th when she received a name, translated into English, means “Woman Who Came From the Heavens.” Chief Arvol is the 19th generation keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe …
Path To Sustainability Includes Competence and Awareness
In a recent post, I pointed out the road to sustainability starts with caring about each other and the respect for nature. It may start there, but I forget a key ingredient in the achievement of the goal: competence and …
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Our “Plastic-Surgery World”
My brilliant and sensitive friend Zan Dubin Scott writes: This is why we can’t have nice things: we live in a plastic-surgery world and buy too many new things all the time. They’re spraying this gorgeous fir GREEN! It’s not …
